Cracking down on kids with fake IDs in Monmouth County

6:34 AM,
Jun. 28, 2013

ABC Director Michael Halfacre speaks in Belmar on Thursday.

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Summer is here and so may be the urge to party. However, adults better think twice about buying alcohol for a person underage, and young people better not try to slip a fake ID past a liquor store clerk.

That person who looks like an employee in the shop might just be an undercover police officer watching your every move.

"We have an obligation to stop underage drinking," said Michael Halfacre, Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control Director, during a news conference held Thursday on the restored Belmar boardwalk. ...